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derring-doery

derring-doery noun: derring-do.

Noun

derring-doery (uncountable)

  1. (nonce-word) Derring-do.
    • He left Terminus in a sullen distemper. No one was at the port to see him off. […] He, Homir Munn, was risking his neck in derring-doery of the most outrageous sort, and yet he left alone.1953, Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation, Gnome Press, part II: “Search By the Foundation”, chapter 11: “Stowaway”

Origin of derring-doery

From derring-do + -ery.

Questions about derring-doery

What does derring-doery mean?
Derring-doery means derring-do.
What part of speech is derring-doery?
Derring-doery is a noun.

Words near derring-doery in the dictionary

  1. Derrimut
  2. Derrinal
  3. Derrinallum
  4. derring
  5. derring-do
  6. derring-doery
  7. derringer
  8. derringers
  9. derris
  10. Derriwong
  11. derrière

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